Antes presents ‘particulates’ at Kimmel Harding Nelson Center
calendar icon28 Jun 2024
Lincoln, Neb.—An exhibition of new work by School of Art, Art History & Design Assistant Professor of Practice and 3D Foundations Coordinator Carlie Antes titled “particulates” will be on display July 1-Aug. 16 at the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts (KHN) in Nebraska City, Nebraska.
A gallery talk will be presented on Thursday, July 18 at 5 p.m. in conjunction with KHN’s monthly Third Thursday Artist Talks. The talk is free and open to the public.
Antes is a native Nebraskan currently residing in Syracuse, Nebraska. She received both her Bachelor of Fine Arts in ceramics and Master of Fine Arts in ceramics from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Her work explores complex interpersonal relationships set alongside human inventions—utilizing the physical matter of her lived experiences as visual placeholders for people, places, memories, and emotions. With her work and process deeply rooted in handcraft, Antes has taught a number of workshops that incorporate hand-weaving techniques using wire as the primary medium.
Antes has received numerous awards and accolades for her creative research, including the Dan and Barbara Howard Creative Achievement Award (2020), the Jean R. Faulkner Memorial Art Exhibition Award (2017, 2020), and the Francis Williams Vreeland Award (2017, 2023).
In her artist statement, she wrote, “My materials and processes are born of great reverence for the craft and labor of those who came before me. Weaving, beadwork, and quilting have left behind lasting physical reminders of my matriarchal lineage and the time these women spent making everyday objects extraordinary. While my sculptural interpretations sometimes appear incongruent from my predecessors’ attention to function and utility, my visual language draws upon these interests and presents as manifestations from labor of the hand, to which I pay tribute.”
KHN is located at 801 Third Corso in Nebraska City. The gallery is open Monday-Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, visit https://www.khncenterforthearts.org.